A Sample of Cooperative Conservation Case Studies

Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic

Project Name:: Fish and Mussel Propagation in the Upper Tennessee River Basin of Virginia
Location:: Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: Virginia
Summary:: Partnership has developed freshwater fish and mussel propagation technologies to produce fish and juvenile mussels to be used for research and to augment declining populations.
Contact:: Shane Hanlon
Fish and Wildlife Biologist
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
276-623-1233 x 25
shane_hanlon@fws.gov

Southeastern

Project Name:: Winyah Bay Focus Area
Location:: Southeastern: Kentucky
Summary:: Broad-based coalition is conserving South Carolina’s coastal Winyah Bay watershed by land acquisitions, conservation easements, and wetland restoration.
Contact:: Roger Banks
Chairman
Winyah Bay Focus Area Task Force
843-768-4748
rbanks1962@bellsouth.net

Project Name:: EnergyXchange Renewable Energy Center
Location:: Southeastern: North Carolina
Summary:: Today, decomposing garbage in the landfill fuels pottery kilns, glass furnaces, and greenhouse at the EnergyXchange Renewable Energy Center.
Website:: www.energyxchange.org
Contact:: Stan Steury
RC&D Coordinator
Blue Ridge RC&D
(828) 297-5805
Stan.Steury@nc.usda.gov

Midwest/Northern High Plains

Project Name:: Sun River Watershed
Location:: Midwest/Northern High Plains: Montana
Summary:: A watershed project established in 1996, that benefits all water users in the Sun River Basin
Website:: nris.state.mt.us/wis/sunriver/sunhome.htm
Contact:: Alan Rollo
Coordinator
Sun River Watershed
406-727-4437
arollo@mcn.net

Project Name:: Flathead Forestry Project
Location:: Midwest/Northern High Plains: Montana
Summary:: The project promotes community trust and collaborative processes, ensures forest and ecosystem health, and provides for a sustainable resource-based economy within the region.
Website:: www.redlodgeclearinghouse.org/stories/flatheadforest.html
Contact:: Carol Daly

Flathead Forestry Project
(406) 892-8155
cdaly1@centurytel.net

Project Name:: International Lake Level Management: Minnesota-Ontario Lakes region
Location:: Midwest/Northern High Plains: Minnesota
Summary:: An international research program documents ecological changes associated with the new hydrologic regime in Namakan Reservoir, Voyageurs National Park.
Contact:: Larry Kallemeyn
Research Scientist
U.S. Geological Survey
218-283-9821
larry_kallemeyn@usgs.gov

Project Name:: Partners of the USDA Forest Service Lewis & Clark National Historic Trail Interpretive Center
Location:: Midwest/Northern High Plains: Montana
Summary:: The Lewis & Clark Interpretive Center was built through partnerships and works with a diversity of tribes, partner groups and volunteers to deliver world class education and interpretive programs.
Website:: www.fs.fed.us/r1/lewisclark/lcic/
Contact:: Jane Weber
Center Director
Lewis & Clark National Forest, Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Interpretive Center
(406) 727-8733
jweber@fs.fed.us

Project Name:: Red River of the North
Location:: Midwest/Northern High Plains: North Dakota, Minnesota
Summary:: Partners have achieved exceptional results in protecting land and water, building local stewardship and creating partnerships that have leveraged major funding.
Website:: www.rrbdin.org
Contact:: Charles Fritz
Director
International Water Institute
701-231-9747
charles.fitz@ndsu.nodak.edu

Project Name:: Swan Ecosystem Center
Location:: Midwest/Northern High Plains: Montana
Summary:: Swan Valley, Montana residents are working on a comprehensive strategy to maintain a timber economy, ecological integrity and a rural way of life as timberlands are sold for residential development.
Website:: swanecosystemcenter.com
Contact:: Anne Dahl
President/Secretary
Swan Ecosystem Center
406-754-3137
swanec@blackfoot.net

South-Central/South-West

Project Name:: Rio Grande Basin Initiative
Location:: South-Central/South-West: New Mexico, Texas
Summary:: The Rio Grande Basin is a highly productive agricultural area, with irrigated agriculture claiming more than 85 percent of its water.
Website:: riogrande.tamu.edu
Contact:: Dr. B.L. Harris
Project Director, Associate Director
Texas Water Resources Institute
979-845-1851
bl-harris@tamu.edu

Project Name:: Louisiana Coastal Area Ecosystem Restoration Study
Location:: South-Central/South-West: Louisiana
Summary:: The Louisiana Coastal Area Ecosystem Restoration Study uses partnerships, science, and geospatial/visualization technologies to address land loss.
Website:: www.lca.gov/index.aspx
Contact:: R. King Milling
Chairman
Governor’s Advisory Commission on Coastal Restoration and Conservation
504-586-7176
rmilling@whitneybank.com

Project Name:: New Mexico Collaborative Forest Restoration Program (CFRP)
Location:: South-Central/South-West: New Mexico
Summary:: $18 million awarded for collaborative forest restoration, hazardous fuel reduction, or small diameter utilization treatment on 15,000 acres of forest land.
Contact:: Walter Dunn
Program Coordinator
USDA Forest Service
505-842-3425
wdunn@fs.fed.us

Project Name:: Rigs-to-Reefs Policy
Location:: South-Central/South-West: Louisiana, Texas, Southeastern: Alabama, Mississippi
Summary:: Rigs-to-Reef Policy encourages offshore oil companies to donate decommissioned rigs for reef-building by reef-associated organisms.
Contact:: Thomas Readinger

Minerals Management Services
202-208-3530
thomas.readinger@mms.gov

Far West

Project Name:: Hawaii Coral Reef and Native Algae Restoration
Location:: Far West: Hawaii
Summary:: Volunteers, local communities, NGOs, businesses, and government agencies work together to remove invasive alien algae and to begin to restore Hawaii's coral reefs.
Website:: www.nature.org/wherewework/northamerica/states/hawaii
Contact:: Eric Co
Marine Conservation Program Coordinator
The Nature Conservancy of Hawaii
808-537-4508
eco@tnc.org

Project Name:: Northern Nevada Stewardship Group
Location:: Far West: Nevada
Summary:: Sagebrush ecosystem restoration and sustainable mining.
Contact:: Helen Hankins
BLM Field Manager
Bureau of Land Management
775-753-0200
Helen_Hankins@nv.blm.gov

Project Name:: Ocean Shores Waterways
Location:: Far West: Washington
Summary:: This project addresses waterways-related ecological and economic issues to ensure and promote sustainable practices in this growing coastal community.
Website:: forthcoming
Contact:: Lynn Wilson
Partnership Director
Ocean Shores Waterways
360-961-3363
lwilson@nasw.org

Project Name:: Puget Sound Georgia Basin Ecosystem Management Collaboration
Location:: Far West: Washington
Summary:: International partnership developing solutions, sharing science and implementing protective actions for one of the most ecologically diverse ecosystems in North America.
Website:: www.psat.wa.gov
Contact:: John Dohrmann
Washington/Co-Chair
Puget Sound Georgia Basin Internationl Task Force
360-725-5440
jdohrmann@psat.wa.gov

Project Name:: Recovery of the White Sea Bass along the California Coast
Location:: Far West: California
Summary:: The purpose of the OREHP is to investigate the potential for proactively counteracting the depletion of California's coastal marine fisheries through stock enhancement.
Website:: www.lcjbsa.org/whiteseabass/sub/sb4.html
Contact:: Bill Shedd
President
AFTCO
800-452-3726
bill@aftco.com

National

Project Name:: Grass Roots Source Water Protection Program
Location:: National
Summary:: Grassroots outreach and education program encourages voluntary conservation by landowners, farmers and ranchers to prevent drinking water pollution.
Website:: www.fsa.usda.gov/pas/publications/facts/html/sourcewater04.htm and www.nrwa.org
Contact:: Brendan Murphy

National Rural Water Association
580- 251-9080
nrwajb@nrwa.org

Project Name:: CF Industries National Watershed Award
Location:: National
Summary:: The CF Industries National Watershed Award recognizes outstanding community watershed protection efforts. The award focuses on innovative, non-regulatory approaches to improving water quality.
Website:: cfindustries.com/commrelations/watershed/watershed.htm
Contact:: Jesus I Peralta
Public Affairs Office
CF Industries
202.371.9279
jperalta@cfindustries.com

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